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List of commonly used taxonomic affixes

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This is a list of common affixes used when scientifically naming species, particularly extinct species for whom only their scientific names are used, along with their derivations.

Examples: Afrovenator (African hunter); Afropithecus (African ape); Afrotheria (African beasts)
  • -ales: Pronunciation: /ˈa.lis/. Origin: Latin: -ālis. Meaning: Used to form taxonomic names of orders for plants and fungi.
Examples: Enterobacterales ("Intestinal bacteria order"); Nitrosomonadales ("Nitrogen fixing bacteria order"); Chromatiales ("Purple sulfur fixing bacteria order"); Fabales ("legume order"); Caryophyllales ("carnation plant order"); Myrtales ("myrtle order"); Malvales ("mallow order"); Agaricales ("agaric order"); Ranunculales ("buttercup order"); Lactobacillales ("lactic acid bacteria order"); Brassicales ("cabbage order"); Ophioglossales ("snake-tongue order"); Asterales ("aster order"); Apiales ("celery order"); Cucurbitales ("gourd order"); Celastrales ("staff-vine order"); Ginkgoales ("Ginkgo order"); Nymphaeales ("water lily order"); Fagales ("beech order"); Geastrales ("earthstar order"); Phallales ("stinkhorn order"); Rosales ("rose family"); Boletales ("porcino order"); Poales ("grass family")
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